Charity & Giving
Shining a light on causes close to our hearts.
In addition to raising money when we can, we believe giving our time to charitable causes is just a fundamentally a good thing to do. Everyone at Anglepoise has 1 day a year that they can use for volunteering and we encourage everyone to use this time as they see fit. We have colleagues who work in charity shops, support local schools, cover the phones at The Samaritans, work in animal charities and act as Trustees too.
Donations & Giving
Here’s what we’ve been up to in the last year…
- More than 500 hours of volunteering completed
- £3000 worth of raffle prizes given to a wide range of charities
- Over £1500 raised for The Portsmouth Foodbank through our ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative – if we send you a spare part for free, if you get a sample lamp for nada (e.g. if you are press) we ask that you make a financial goodwill gesture towards our local Food Bank. We even ask our team mates to share their pennies if they manage to get their hands on one of our office Bake Off cakes (there are some damn fine chefs in our midst).
- Pop up sale in Southsea – the last one raised £5000 for The Portsmouth Foodbank
- We are committed to supporting the National Trust as a licensee for three years (22/23 is year 2). In year 1 we gave the National Trust £15, 000; in year 2 we will give them £20,000 and next year this rises to £25,000. These are all minimum donations for each year of our collaboration.
- In 2022/23 every 90 Mini Mini or Giant lamp sold on our website in the UK or EU raised money for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Childrens Charity. We paid RDMCC 15% of every sale.
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National Trust
Our collaboration helps the charity preserve their portfolio of mid-century British properties. The money we donate currently goes towards restoring The Homewood in Surrey. Through sales generated from the collection, Anglepoise will contribute a minimum of £25,000 to the National Trust in 2023/24, to continue caring for The Homewood.
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University of Northumbria & New Designers
Giving back also means nurturing and supporting new talent. We are now regular sponsors of the graduate design showcase New Designers, a two week talent extravaganza! In 2022 we also launhced a uni project with the University of Northumbria, giving 3D design students a live brief with the results shown at New Designers.
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The Portsmouth Foodbank
Throughout the year we raise money for the Portsmouth Foodbank. We hold monthly Bake-Offs in the office, as well as it being our chosen charity when asking customers to donate good-will gestures. In 2022 we held our second Pop-Up shop at The Hotwalls in Southesea. Selling ‘not quite perfect’ lamps (those with damaged boxes, slight imperfections or end-of-line items) at bargain prices with the aim of raising money. The total raised at the two day event was over £5000, the equivalent of 2097 meals.
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Anglepoise supports The Literacy Hubs
Occasionally we might direct customers to our Just Giving page if they have been lucky enough to get a free product from us (for press purposes, for example). In these circumstances, we promote thanking us by donating to our chosen, usually local charity. We have chosen to support The Literacy Hubs which helps young people develop their literacy skills. They provide a unique, creative & adventurous learning environment that inspires young people, from the least advantaged communities, improving their reading and writing.
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